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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-02-24
them. quite naturally. for swimming.
Harper's Toung People.
Two Little Girls.

1t was blowing. clustering St. Val
entine's Day. fif:y years ago. Mrs. bly,
was making observation-disclosures,
gingerbread. she called it, and Nellie
was watching her. She was a wee
chubby girl in linsey-wOolsey gOwr
that was long enough to reach the tops
of her laced-up leather shoes, and {
dark tier that was almost as long % bel
gown. am afraid if you had seen hel
YOU would have said she looked just like
little old woman. She wore cap.
tool forgot to mention that-a tiny
linen cap. trimmed with lace.
She looked on and wondered long
time before she spoke. thinking over
and over what she should say.
IF YOU please. mother" said she. at
last, II would like to know what makes
you call it muster gingerbread. l.
there mustard in it,"
Her mother laughed.
''Oh no. my child. there's no mustard
in it," she said, kindly. "And don't
know why it's called muster ginger
bread, unless because it is the kind that
is most always sold on the muster
ground.
Well. it smells very nice, think. )"
said Nellie. Pretty soon, her mother
rolled her dough again. and taking a
knife, cut out heart-shaped piece,
which she put in to bake with the rest.
And when it was done to nice brown,
she gave it to Nellie.
There's valentine heart for you"
she said.
.'Oh. thank you. ma ann cried Mel
lie, eagerly.
She was so happy! She couldn't have
been better pleased with real golden
heart, such rs saw on 4 valentine to-
day. with apretty verse beneath it. and
roses and lilies all around.
Only little while AFRO I heard this
same Nellie telling this story to a little
maid in white pinafore. whose cash
mere frock doesn t reach anywhere near
the tops of her dainty kid boots. and
who had been crying for as much as ten
minutes because she only had five love-
ly valentines. all silver and gold, and
cobwebby lace and flowers.
"When l 'spected sir!" she walled.
with a finger in each eye.
Then grandmamma, that was Nellie
Bly,. told her this story.-Xouth's Com
pamion.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-02-24
SHARP HORSE-TRADlNG.
An Amusing Story Which Has the Simon
Pure Irish Flavor.

The following story was told to a
clerical friend by a countryman named
Dinny Cooley: "Good-morrow, Dinny:
where did you get the horse?" "Well,
I'll tell your reverence. Some time
ago went to the fair of Ross. not with
this horse. but another horse. Well,
sorra wan said to me: .Dinny, dc
YOU come from the Aist or do YOU come
from the Wesht?' and when left the
fair there wasn't wan to say: .Dinny.
are you going to the Aist or are you
going to the Wesht?' Well. your rev.
erence. / rode home, and was near Kill
nagross. when l met man riding
along the road forninst NE. Good
evening. friend. said he. Good even
ing. friend said l. Were You at the
fair of Ross?' says he. 4 was.' seq 1.
Did You sell'' says he. No. seq L
Would you sell?' seq he.
Would You buy?' says l. Would you
make elaine swop?' seq he; horse
bride and saddle. AMI all?' seq he
'Done!' says l. Well. your reverence
l got down off av me horse, not thi
horse. but the other horse, and thu
man got down of NV his horse. that
this horse. not the other horse, and ".
swopped and rode away. But when h
had gone about twenty yards he turne,
round and called after me. ''Ther
niver was Il man from Ross seq he
but could put his finger in the eye a,
:, man from kilnagross.' seq he: 'ani
that horse. seq he, that / swOppe6
with You. seq h. is blind of an eye,
sez he. Well. then. your reverence,
turned upon him. and called out t.
him: There niver was man from
kilnagross.' seq l. but could put his
two fingers in both the eyes of a man
from Ross SEE 1; and that horse tha
swopped with YOU seq l, is blind a,
both his eyes seq L"-Spectator.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-02-24
A Queer Little House.

An ants house is very queer little
dwelling. 1t is made of earth. with a
great many chambers and galleries.
and all done By these busy little Great
ures! If bit of one of these houses
gets broken such scene rs there Is!
S ONE rush hither and thithcr; some
seize the eggs and hurry with them to
Il place of safety; others go to work at
once and repair the broken part. While
all this is going on. the ants as they
mcet-for You know they arc
very wise insects. if they
are so small-tOuch each
other with their feelers. just as if they
were telling all they felt about the mat
ter: and no doubt they are!
Ants have very keen sense of smell.
This sense seems to lie in these anten-
ne. or feelers. Their hearing is not Sc
good. for the loudeSt noises can be made
very near them and they do not seem
to hear them. Their sight. too. is not
very good. if they have got three queer
little eyes on the top of their heads. and
a larger one on either side. making
five eyes in all. One would think they
could see better than we with so many,
but they don't.-Mrs. G. Hall. in Our
Little Ones.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-02-24
THE BEST BEVERAGE.
An Enthusiasts Opinion of tho Merits Of
Unadultcrated Coffee.

An Enthusiasts Opinion of tho Merits Of
Unauthorized Coffee.
With our tea comparative failure,
our coffee is. of course, almost past.
praying for. Our very pretenslons go no
further than tea. We lose a good deal
by the meanness of our ambition.
Good coffee is the finest drink in the
world. and it would surely defeat half
the intOxicants on their own ground.
1t is the most generous of stimulants,
and it induces activity and alertness of
brain without the faintest trace of ele-
walton. Should any further recon-
mendation be wanted, we may add
that, like pure water, it will kill, if you
take enough of it, or, rather, too much.
Murger died of excessive coffee-not
unflavored with cognac-but far more
people have to thank it for the prolon-
cation of their lives. 1t is far beyond
tea as dietetic, though perhaps no
body but Merlatti could wisely venture
to make it his sole support. Indeed,
high authorities say that it should new
er be taken without something solid,
as an accompaniment. Any thing will
do, piece of bread. or, failing that, even
Il waistcoat button. according to the
Oriental proverb quoted in IN admirable
lecture on the subject at the Parkes
Museum. 1t improves with age like
the other generous drinks, though not
of course when it is in the state of in
fusion. The green berry may be kept
for fifteen or twenty years. and it will
gain in flavor every day Brown Java,
which leaves Mocha far in the shade, is
supposed to owe good deal to its long
sojourn on the island before exporta-
ton. 1t lies in store sometimes for
seven years. The roasting should al
ways be deferred to the very last mo-
ment. Roast, and brew at once, is the
golden rule. First get your Brown
Java-fOr that matter, one of half
dozen other kinds will do. Then make
smokcless fire, of coal, or spirit. or
gas: toss your green berries into an
earthenware pipkin; if you have
nothing better at hand. and there need
he nothing better; hold it over the
flame for fifteen or twenty minutes, to
dry it merely, not to burn it. stirring it
all the time, and your task is done.
Grind or pound in mortar-pound-
ing, they say. is better. The Turks
find that the pestles improve with use.
as the coffee improves with age. and
they sell the old ones at a high figure.
Two ounces of coffee to- the pint of
water is the happy mean. and those
who want it weaker had better weaken
it after the brew. A common Jug and
a stra;ner are all you need for the final
rite, but people who like to part with
their money often insist on more.
Y
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-02-24
THE HOG IN WINTER.

Conditions Which should He Taken Into
Confederation by Pori<-1niserx.
The hog has digestive organs that
sre particularly well calculated for the
digestion Of fibrous food. This, in a
state of nature, was his main food; in
fact, leaving out nuts and grubs, pretty
nruch his entire source Of living. When
the hog is shut away from pasture and
put into winter quarters, the change
from variety Of food to the customary
ration of corn. and nothing but corn. is
not always conducive to health. In
fact, indigestiOn-for even the hog may
have this-affects many hogs that are
thus changed from grass and other
fibrOus food to corn alone or corn
mainly. 1t should he borne in mind
that the animal has no power to change
the elements in the food given to it
He can only appropriate what is given
him. In his native condition the hog
had, as he now has when on pasture.
food containing a nutritire ratio of
about of albuminoids to A. of carbo-
hydrates, while the usual winter feed,
corn, contains nutritive ratio of to
So. establishing the fact that the hog
in his native condition, and in modern
times, when on pasture. is furnished
with food far more conducive to growth
of muscle and frame than when he is
confined to corn alone. Before the
improvement made upon the pig during
the past one hundred years, he had
much larger proportion of lean flesh as
compared to the fat than now. The
feeding of corn during winter is proper
enough in view of its adaptability to
the condition imposed by low tenn
perature, as fat is one of the best
shields against cold. But the plan
adopted by many of allowing the hog
no exercise. and no food except corn.
during the winter, is, in both directions,
bad practice. In the absence of grass
it is an excellent plan to cut up hay,
mixing this with ground feed. COM
posed of oats. bran and oil-cake meal.
By feeding this wet, most hogs, but
not all, will eat it with avidity, and an
improved condition will at once follow.
A noticeable improvement in the eyacu-
atoms will be observed. rs compared
to what was seen when corn alone was
fed. and soon afterwards change in
the general thrift Of the hog will b
manifest National Liue-Ss9ck Jour:,al
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-02-24

welding six-sou loaf Of bread in onA
hand and gesticulating in . rather &c.
centric style. To say the least Of it, I
thought his conduct slightly irrever.
ent-romping about as he was in such
close proximity to the cathedral. Mr..
H.. the Hibernian in question, was,
however, playing his part in . little
comedy meant to surprise me. Aftes
attracting the notice of the pigeons q
the piazza, he covered his own shoulders
and mine with fresh white crumbs, and
when. 10! in the twinkling of an eye
the whole square seemed to disappear
from my gaze, and could see nothing
around me or over me save one whirr-
ing mass of pigeons. They perched on
my hat fastened themselves to the
panels of my overcOat and clustered
in legion numbers all over my person
These birds are very tame-the tamest,
l fancy, in Europe. Tradition and
custom have made them so, for from
time immemorial the Piazza San Marco
has been their abiding place. and well
tended they have been and are by the
burghers and DANES of the city. There
must be over a thousand of these
pigeons lowering over the piazza.
There is always somebody about throw
ing them their crumbs, or q little
polenta. but if you want to have a
swarm of them swooping down upon
You, You must do as my Hibernian chum
and treat them to what Sam Lover
would style the ''lashins and lawns"
Venice Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-02-24
FOR OUR YOUNG READERS.
AuuLE GIRLS VALENTINE.


II Not Quite True. 1t Ought to DO.
Valentines Day is on its way:
Twill be here very SOON.
For heard sister Sue say SO
To Bell this afternoon.
But I'm afraid nobody II think
To send me even one,
Cause was only seven years old
When the new year begun:
And so Til write one to myself
Il couldn't bear 10 be
WitnouL single valent:ne,,
And play twas sent to me.
'sDear Gracie''-that's how I'll begin
'sYou are lovely child:
You never drive your mother or
Your GRANDMA nearly wild;
You never tease the baby. nor
Refuse with him to play:
You study hard, and know by heart
Your lessons every day:
You keep your dress and apron neat,
Your hair is always curled.
And you are just as nice girl
AS any in the world"
There. that sounds very pretty. and
think that il will do.
But pears to me it isn't quite
Exactly truly true.
But then it ought to be. and that's
Almost, think. the same,
And so down in the corner here
I'll sign make-b lieve name.
-Ndrg3ret Eytinge, IN Harper's Young People
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-02-24
Lack Of Confidence.

Colonel Yerger was dancing his little
son on his knee. when the boy, looking
up into his fathers face, said:
"Pa, do you know what want next
Christmas?''
mo, my son. don't know what You
want next Christmas"
''Well. I'll tell You, pa, but you
mustn't let it go any further, 1 want
another mamma"
why. Tommy. why do you want
another mother?"
"Why, you see this one never leaves
the key in the pantry door. and if had
q new one perhaps she would have more
confidence in me.'-Teras Siiings.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-02-24
A Question Of Economy.

''Cet married. Charlie, get married.
One never knows how cheaply he can
Eve ss::. 3 good. economical wife until
he tries it. Why, when was married
I couldn't even support myself, while
now
.Wel?"
''Now my wife supports me. 1t ID
cheaper for me than being single"
Chicago Rambler.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-02-24

An Illinois citizen became en-
thusiastic upon first seeing the Atlantic
Ocean. why" he said. Its inn
mense! grand! What prairie it would
make if it would only keep stinr'-
Harx,er's Bd-ar.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-02-24

The next Ecumenical Conference
of the Methodist churches is to meet
in America in 1891.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-01-20
After Seven Years.

We recently published account of a rerlarka
Die cure OF bed-ridden lady in Bennington Oy Dr.
T. w. Royce, who is now at the Bates House in
this village, Many : expressed doubt as to tbs
truth of the report, and have taken measures t.
authenticate OF dlsprOve it, To-day have seen
lady in this village who for years has been
helpless cripple, suffering from partial paralysis
ana rheumatism. During this time this lady, Mrs.
A. b. Case, who now resides with her daughter
over u. ID. ~ H. w. Cheney's store, has never
lifted her foot from the floor without artificial aid
Her whole left side has during this time been at
fected by disease and during nearly three years of
the time she was never taken from the bed except
as she was lifted in the sheets. During the long
years OF her illness she attended by physicians
mere and In Brandon, and one after another have
given her up as ncurable. One week ago last
Wednesday DR. Royce was called to see her. He
TOOK the case for treatment, and Mrs Case began
taking his medicine Last Wednesday afternoon
she arose from her wheel-chair and leaning with
her hand the back of another chair walked
across the room. The next day in the same manner
she walked t, ON her room TO the kitchen, passing
through an intervening roOm and she can raise W
her foot and throw it forward very freely This
Improvement has all taken place in less than ten
days treatment under DR.. Royce, and she is every
day gaining, both regards the of her limbs
and her general health.
Mrs. Case is q lady 81 wears old and her rapd
recovery is the more remarkable in view of this
fact. There can be doubt of the Doctors
derstanding of medicine when his prescriptions
produce such wonderful results. He has seen the
lady but twice personally and did not give her any
encouragement that she would be able to walk or
move about under three months time and Mrs.
Case and her friends the more grateful to Dr.
Royce Tor the very speedy relief he has brought
ms patient. This is a case right here in our Own
midst, and any one doubling the statement made
i'll regard to it referred TO the lady herself
any member of her family for cOrrObOrative evil
dence. The Doctor when he took the case was
confident of his ability to affect cure and it is to
his credit that he claimed less than he accomplish
ed.--Rutland Herald.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-01-20
Another Remarkable Cure.

The testimony of man in Montpelier, VT, who
had been treated by over twenty dIfferent leading
physicians, aud his case given up as hopeless,
cuIed IN less than three months Nv Dr. foyce
here are his own words for IT.
For MT. cen years have been troubled with my
stomach and bowels, which would PROSTATE me
from two to six weeks SO that would be unable Ia
do any labor My pains We're severe as to cause
vomiting, which would last three tour hours at
times it would relieve me, and sometimes not. L
was taken down with the same trouble, only worse
than ever before, applied 10 our most eminent ply
sicians in Montpelier and Washington county, but
TO no purpose. got no permanent reliet from any
of them. L got prescriptions from physicians III
Maine, New hampshire and Boston, ana for nearly
three years did not get good nights rest, my
pans III my stomach aud bowels were severe.
My system was reduced from loo TO 107 pounds,
anu looked like walking corpse and thought
nothing but death would end my misery. L have
the names of twenty doctors thai have treated my
case, but to 10 temporal relief have resOrted 10
various kinds OF patent medicines, but TO good.
L was advised to 20 the seaside and spent a few
weeks OF the summer OF 1888 ON the coast of Maine
anu MASSACHUSETTS, Dut came home no better. In
the spring and summer OF 1885 was taken again
and Tor weeks i Vomlted every day, and gave
up all hope OF ever being any better; got reduced
again in flesh. he 9th OF January L vOmiteu
something evidently from my stomach which
now have i'll my possession, Jnat can be seen by
any one calling ON me. did not vOmit 50 mucn
after that, but still had the pain as usual. When
reading the advertisement of Drs. Severance a.
Royce my wife persuaded TO 90 and see them
and went, but with faith whatever. DR..
Royce took my case, said he knew what my trouble
was and could help me. put myself under his
treatment and have been gaining from the first
well, and work all day. now weigh lbs pounds
and can do a good days work. Many of my friends
saw the change and asked me what had been do
ing, and what had caused the change in my ap-
pearance and tell them that Dr. Koyce's medi-
cine did It, and many of them have gone to him
and been cured JOHN VooDRY
Montpelier VT.
Z. S-Wil answer all inquiries in writing
Please enclose a stamp for reply.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-01-20
A Deal i'm Real Estate.

A settler who has lived i'm Dakota
several years has son who went a
little further west i'm the territory a
few months ago and took up some
land. Recently the son returned, and
after staying at home a few days took
the old gentleman to one side, and
said:
"Father, I've got a pretty fine piece
of land out there"
"That's mighty good, William"
eyes, but | think I'll unload. I've
got fifty-foot well dug, and now
want to ask your advice us to what I'd
better discover"
"Well matter like this takes some
thought. | worked off farm in Iowa
once on coal, and mother in Wisconsin
on gold. They're getting pretty old,
though"
eyes, that's what 1 thought. It's
the same way with silver and OIL"
"Yes, though | can remember the
time when there wasn't nolhin' like oil
for the business. A good, steady
goin', reliable young man could pour a
couple of barrels NV petroleum down a
hole and clear $4,000 on the transac-
ton in twenty five hours. Times amt
man."
"No, suppose not, father. l read
the other day of man who did the
business with natural gas"
Natural gas! That's the idee Give
me yer hand William. That's the stuff
to discover! just throw a dead boss
down that well Nv yOurn and wait a
couple Nv weeks and shuv yer farm
e.,
$4,000. Go right along t'day and
tend ter it, and, Bill remember that
hon'sty's the best policy, and don't try
to sell till the boss gets smelling pref
ty strong. just you foller in the foot
steps nv yer father, my sOn-he amt
got quite so much style bout him as
some of those Eastern spectators, but
no man can say he ever done dishOn-
est act. Come back and make good
long visit when you get the deal
clOsedD
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-01-20

bringing with her some small pieces of
brass and brass nails, with which she at
once proceeded to repair the fractured
limb. The surgical operation was per-
formed in a remarkably short space of
time, and the injury left to the healing
process of nature. She quietly gave
the necessary directions, informed the
man that he would be all right in a
day or two, and that her bill was S25.
1t is scarcely necessary to say that
the fee was not forthcoming, the mat
Ter being treated as a good joke. Next
morning, however, Miss Copeland APP
peared on the scene with constable
and, much to the chagrin of the son
of Esculapins, collected her fee. 1t
would seem that, if the young. gradu-
ates of Harvard medical school wish to
get ahead of the lady students of the
College of Physicians and Surgeons,
they will have to rise very early, and
use more brass than Miss Copeland did
in reducing the fracture of the wooden
leg.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-01-20

been graciously allowed to have his
say, it is perhaps worth while, as a
mild amusement, to hear how he puts
the case. In the first place, he says
that an author intent on his work is
necessarily careless about his hand
writing. He cannot break the flow of
his thoughts to dot his sis" and cross
his ats" Each author has peculiar
penmanship. The proof-reader takes
the manuscript and tries to catch the
purport of the authors thought. He
has scarcely done so, when in comes
another mass of proof and manuscript
of an entirely different character and
new thread has to be picked up un
til another interruption. This is not
for a moment, but all night all the
week, all the year. After puzzling
himself until he is half blind, his brain
weary, and work pushing him inces-
sanity, letter may be left out or a
comma inserted in the wrong place
when slam bang goes vOliey at the
proof-readeri He has seen an author
scOld proof reader for some trifing
oversight when that same day the
proof reader had corrected an histOri-
cal blunder which would have cost the
author dearly had it seen the light.
He has seen an author brag of his pen
manship, and when his manuscript has
been sent to him because it was un-
readable, he himself was scarcely able
to decipher it. 1t would be well to
have proof readers' union formed,
the members of which should agree to
ruin authors by letting the world see
their plumbers and inaccuracies; for
the wrongs of the long suffering proof
reader are many.